SPORTS
MONDAY, APRIL 3, 2006
2B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN SPORTS CALENDAR POWING
TUESDAY
Softball vs. Nebraska, 3 p.m., Arrocha Ballpark
TUESDAY
Player to watch
Serena Sette-
mier. The senior
pitcher went
2-2 with five RBI
and two runs
scored during
Saturday's 12-0
victory against
Oklahoma State
Settlemier
WEDNESDAY Tennis vs.
Nebraska, 2 p.m., Lincoln, Neb.
Softball vs. Arkansas, 4 p.m.
Favettville, Ark.
Softball vs. Nebraska, 6 p.m., Fayetteville, Ark.
BaseJail vs. Wichita State, 7 p.m.
Wichita
FRIDAY Baseball vs. Texas Tech, 6 p.m.
Hoogland Ballpark
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
THURSDAY
Track at Texas Relays, all day,
Austin, Texas
Hougain Balmorh
Track at Texas Relays, all day,
Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Men's golf vs. North Carolina State, all day, Cary, N.C.
SATURDAY
- Softball vs. Baylor, 4 p.m., Waco, Texas
Baseball vs. Texas Tech, 6 p.m., Hooldun Ballpark
Track at Texas Relays, all day,
Austin, Texas
- Women's rowing, Kansas Cup,
TBA, Lawrence
IBA, Lawrence
Men's golf vs. North Carolina
State all day. Cary, N.C.
**Tennis vs. Missouri, noon, Robinson Courts**
SUNDAY
SUNDAY
Softball vs. Baylor, noon, Waco,
Texas
Baseball vs. Texas Tech, 1 p.m., Hoglund Ballpark
Tennis vs. Baylor, 11 a.m., Robinson Courts
Women's golf vs. Oklahoma, all day, Norman, Okla.
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Team rebounds with victory
Team dominates Tulsa and Drake
BY DANIEL C. WEIXELDORFER
dweixelder@kansan.com
KANSANSPORTWRITER
The University's alma mater never sounded so good to the Kansas rowing team. After its victory Saturday, the team formed a circle and the tradition of singing the song capped off the successful day, just like after every race. However, as the first home victory of the semester, this one was special.
"We just focused on having a good week of practice because we knew this week was important with our schedule coming up," Kris Lazar Mulvane junior said. "We just wanted to make sure we knew how to win."
The team rebounded with a victory in its match against Tulsa and Drake after a disappointing trip to Texas that took place during spring break. The team did not manage to place first in any race last week and came home eager to race again. Saturday, the team came out with an eagerness to get a victory under its belt.
The team did just that on Saturday by dominating Tulsa and Drake, winning four of six races. In each of the winning races, the team took big leads and was able to close out races in that manner.
After winning the first race of the day, the team dropped the following two and headed into an unexpected break that occurred in the middle of the match and the team regrouped.
This proved to be the turning point in the match, after which, the team came out and won every race.
ery race.
"The break usually doesn't happen, but it helped us to come out with more intensity in the second half of the match, but these girls do not need to be pumped up much," head coach Rob Catloth said.
"They love to race so a little nudge usually gets them going, but they are usually excited to compete anyway."
Senior captain Jennifer Ebel led this specific race that had a time of 6:46.0, finished 14 seconds before Drake, which finished in second place. According to teammates, Ebel displays her leadership in practice, before and during the match.
"Being chosen as a captain, I along with some others are basically the spokespeople of the team. We say what is necessary, give encouragement, make decisions and take care of business but more importantly, I think the unspoken leadership is what is really noticed," Ebel said.
The team will face Kansas State in the Kansas Cup Saturday. The race could be an important confidence booster heading into the Big 12 Championship.
"The match against Tulsa and Drake was an important stepping stone to what we are trying to do. To get a win after last week against Texas was also important. We are just going to celebrate today and then take what we accomplished today into next week against Kansas State," said Lazar.
Edited by Janiece Gatson
TENNIS
Team continues six-game streak
BY ANTONIO MENDOZA
amendoa@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTWRITER
The Kansas tennis team continued its winning streak this weekend, defeating Oklahoma on Saturday and Iowa State on Sunday.
The current winning streak of six games is a season high for the lavhawks.
Their previous longest streak was a three-game streak, which started in late January.
"The girls are definitely working hard in practice and it's paying off in our matches," Kansas coach Amy Hall-Holt said. "It's making our matches a little simpler and a lot more fun."
The pair of victories gave Kansas its first two Big 12
Conference victories of the season.
The 5-2 victory against Oklahoma was the first outdoor KU match in Lawrence this season.
"I prefer outdoors," senior Christine Skoda said. "The sun is shining, and it slows down the pace a little bit."
Kansas swept the doubles matches against Oklahoma, but dropped two of the singles matches.
Four out of the six individua matches were decided by a third set.
Kansas won three of them.
Sunday's match against Iowa State was not as close as
the match against Oklahoma.
There weren't any three-set matches.
Kansas pulled out the victory by a score of 6-1. Iowa State's lone point of the match came in doubles play when the No. 2 and No. 3 spots for Kansas lost. Kansas came back to win all six of the singles matches in two sets.
"Everyone played really well, everyone got ahead, and it's easy to keep going when you've already won the first set," Skoda said.
The two victories moved the Jayhawks' overall record to 11-6 and 2-3 in the Big 12.
The next match for the team will be against Nebraska in Lincoln, Neb. on Wednesday.
Edited by Hayley Travis
Renzo Gostoli/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Two by sea
Yachts Ericsson, left, and ABN AMRO TWO sail in front of Copacabana beach, in the background is Sugar Loaf Mountain, during the start of leg five of the 2005-2006 Volvo Ocean Race, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday.
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